Barcelona’s comeback against PSG was bigger on Twitter than Leicester City winning the Premier League title
Barcelona’s stunning comeback against Paris Saint-Germain was bigger than Leicester City winning the Premier League title, on Twitter at least.
Over 6.1m tweets were sent during the match as Luis Enrique’s side pulled off what has been heralded as ‘the impossible’ by the Spanish press.
Trailing 4-0 from the first leg, Barca took a three-goal lead in the Camp Nou before Edinson Cavani’s strike had looked to spoil the party.
But three goals in the final seven minutes – with Sergi Roberto scoring the winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time – saw Luis Enrique’s side progress to the quarter-finals.
Enrique said that ‘no kid in Barcelona’ would forget their memorable night, which has become the most-tweeted-about match of the 2016-17 season so far – producing over 9m tweets on aggregate over the two legs.
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers…
- Sergi Roberto scores to make it 6-5 on aggregate & send Barca through
138,000 tweets per minute - Messi makes it 3-0 from the spot in the same game
48,000 tweets per minute - Cavani makes it 4-0 to PSG vs. Barca in the 1st leg
45,000 tweets per minute - Cavani pulls one back in the 2nd leg to make it 3-1 on the night
42,000 tweets per minute - Neymar scores his 2nd in 3 minutes to put Barca 5-1 up vs PSG
41,000 tweets per minute - Kurzawa puts through his own net to give Barca a 2-0 lead over PSG
34,000 tweets per minute
…and the key players
